Mpox in focus: Global insights on prevention and treatment

Описание: • The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in August. This webinar convened leading experts to discuss the upsurge of mpox and priority emergency response measures.

Its purpose was to improve participants’ understanding of mpox prevention and treatment while encouraging global cooperation and community engagement by:
• Providing updates on the latest data and guidance on mpox prevention and treatment options
• Enhancing the global urgency of a coordinated and equitable response, including for mpox vaccination campaigns to be urgently scaled up across the African continent
• Highlighting the role of communities in mpox monitoring, prevention and treatment
• Sharing insights from the field on current challenges and experiences in prevention
• Sharing updates from ongoing clinical trials

Moderator
• Beatriz Grinsztejn, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (INI/Fiocruz), Brazil, and IAS President

Speakers
• Meg Doherty, World Health Organization, Switzerland
• Shema Tariq, Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK
• Dimie Ogoina, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Niger Delta University and Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society, Nigeria
• Jean-Jacques Muyembe, National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Democratic Republic of Congo
• Mayara Secco, INI/Fiocruz, Brazil
• William Fischer, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, USA